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Vocab. Definitions 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allocation | the act of setting apart for a purpose or specific plan, designate |
| Ascetic | a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or slef-mortification for religious reasons |
| Beguile | to influence by trickery, flattery, ect.; mislead; delude; to take away from by cheating or deceiving |
| Crass | without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid |
| Defray | to bear or pay all or part of (the costs, expenses, ect.) |
| Dint | force; power. A dent |
| Enjoin | to prescribe ( a course of action) with authority or emphasis |
| Envoy | a diplomatic agent; any accredited messenger or representative |
| Interloper | to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license; to thrust oneself into the affairs of others |
| Vicarious | performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another. Taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute. Felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others |
| Admonished | to caution, advise, or counsel against something; to reprove or scold, esp. in a mild or good-willed manner |
| Akimbo | with hand on hip and elbow bent outward |
| Lassitude | weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, ect.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor; a condition of indolent indifference |
| Licentious | sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd; unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral |
| Muse | (verb) to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject; (noun) any of a number of sister goddesses |